16.5
दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता ।
मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव ॥
daivī sampad vimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā
mā śucaḥ sampadaṃ daivīm abhijāto 'si pāṇḍava
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) turns from the two lists to the man who is hearing them.
The verse
The divine endowment is held to be for release and the demonic for bondage, so do not grieve, Pāṇḍava (पाण्डव): you are born to the divine endowment.
नेपालीमा
दैवी सम्पद् मोक्षका लागि र आसुरी बन्धनका लागि मानिन्छ, त्यसैले शोक नगर, हे पाण्डव, तिमी दैवी सम्पद्तर्फ जन्मेको हौ।
Where it sits
The lists were general, and this verse puts Arjuna on the divine side of them. The divine endowment is for release, the demonic for bondage, and he is told not to grieve.
Split: दैवी + सम्पत् + विमोक्षाय + निबन्धाय + आसुरी + मता + मा + शुचः + सम्पदम् + दैवीम् + अभिजातः + असि + पाण्डव
daivī + sampat + vimokṣāya + nibandhāya + āsurī + matā + mā + śucaḥ + sampadam + daivīm + abhijātaḥ + asi + pāṇḍava
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| दैवी | daivī | nominative singular feminine | divine. Agrees with sampat (सम्पत्). |
| सम्पत् | sampat | nominative singular of sampad (सम्पद्) | the endowment. |
| विमोक्षाय | vimokṣāya | dative singular | for release. For the unbinding. |
| निबन्धाय | nibandhāya | dative singular | for bondage. For the binding-down. |
| आसुरी | āsurī | nominative singular feminine | the demonic one. The demonic endowment, with sampat (सम्पत्) understood. |
| मता | matā | nominative singular feminine | held to be. Considered. From man (मन्). |
| मा | mā | indeclinable | do not. The prohibitive. |
| शुचः | śucaḥ | injunctive, 2nd singular of śuc (शुच्) | grieve. With mā (मा), "do not grieve." |
| सम्पदम् | sampadam | accusative singular | the endowment. |
| दैवीम् | daivīm | accusative singular feminine | divine. |
| अभिजातः | abhijātaḥ | nominative singular | born to. Agrees with the subject of asi (असि). |
| असि | asi | present, 2nd singular of as (अस्) | you are. |
| पाण्डव | pāṇḍava | vocative | Pāṇḍava (पाण्डव). Son of Pāṇḍu (पाण्डु). |
The phrases
daivī sampat vimokṣāya nibandhāya āsurī matā (दैवी सम्पत् विमोक्षाय निबन्धाय आसुरी मता) sorts the two endowments by what each is for. The divine one is for release. The demonic one is for bondage. matā (मता) is "held to be," and it covers both clauses.
मा शुचः सम्पदम् दैवीम् अभिजातः असि पाण्डव mā śucaḥ sampadam daivīm abhijātaḥ asi pāṇḍava is the word to Arjuna. Do not grieve. The reason is the second clause: you are born to the divine endowment. The genitive abhijātasya (अभिजातस्य) of 16.3 and 16.4 has become a nominative pointed at him.
Sanskrit in this line
mā śucaḥ (मा शुचः) is a prohibition, and śucaḥ (शुचः) is injunctive: an aorist shape with the past-time a- (अ-) left off. Second person singular, "you grieve." With mā (मा) it means "do not grieve." Do not read śucaḥ (शुचः) as a noun, "of grief," and do not put the augment back.
Say it back
Cover the English. Say which endowment is for release and which is for bondage, then the prohibition. If vimokṣāya (विमोक्षाय) and nibandhāya (निबन्धाय) change places, stay here.